My 5sfte, Still a work in progress Options

[rzanology]

Here it is guys…the setup was done by teal_terrorgt out in jersey under a tree  . A lot of his hard work went into it and I’d like to thank him for it all. It was a kit ordered from ebay, was supposed to be costumed for the mr2 5s. I was a lil discouraged at first after asking around on this site and being told the kit wouldn’t fit, and I would have a lot of problems. But my (vic) made it happen. I don’t really know too much about the setup because I am still learning, but the turbo itself is a t3\t4 holset, and I do know it’s running an external waste gate. I am also running a grip force stage 3 clutch and a fedenza light weight flywheel.

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Here is a video...Youtube wasn't working so i had to stick it up on myspace...let me know if anyone is having issues viewing i will try to get it up on youtube again.

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I still have a lot of work to do though. This Saturday I am going to open the rest of my piping under the car from stock to 3 inches all the way back…I will also have to buy a new pipe…so I’ll see what I like out there. Next are some bigger injectors, im going 460cc. Then my fuel pump will be replaced by the 255 walboro. These three should be done within the next week or so. Im also looking for a metal head gasket so I can turn up my boost a bit….right now its running at 5psi. I must also change the waste gate spring to a 10psi. im also going to replace the air\fuel meter with a wideband so I can finally hook up and toy with my safcII.

As to how it feels??? Aaaawe man this thing feels great. My 4th gear on the highway feels like my 2nd gear…especially with the light weight flywheel. Terror sold his 5th gen 5sfte running a ct26 to a friend of mine. And I can say that the holset turbo really make my car a different animal. It really spools in hard around 35-4000….i’ll try to get some videos of that soon.

So tell me….what do you guys think?

[Silver94CelicaOw...]

Don't worry so much about a turbo timer or a boost controller yet. Turbo timer just keeps your motor running after you shut off the car to keep oil circulating to a hot turbo after a hard drive.....nothing that sitting for a few minutes at idle couldn't do. And more boost isn't in your future unless you have the proper fuel supply to allow for it.

If you want to keep this investment running and not blow up your motor, I would HIGHLY reccomend installing the 440cc injectors, Walbro fuel pump, and at least an SAFC before you ever hit boost again. The reason we all reiterate the importance of this is not to scare you, but present a fact that you may likely ruin what you just spent alot of money on by not having the proper tuning.

Keep an eye on that turbo as well, I just recently witnessed a GT28 Ebay replica take a crap on itself and throw a bearing.....hopefully this won't happen to yours and it'll stand up better.


Good luck with everything.